Catalog
5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Keresidenan Lampung (Lampung Residency), Propinsi Sumatera |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset design with bold heading inscriptions across the top, a central text panel within a ruled border stating the legal tender clause, and the denomination in large letters. Date and issuing authority appear at foot, with a red circular Residen Lampung seal at right and a serial number at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Intricate woodcut-style geometric and foliate border surrounds a central text panel. A stylised all-seeing eye motif is engraved at the top centre of the border. The text box contains the redemption conditions referencing the Governor of Sumatera's decree of 9 January 1948. |
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Keresidenan Lampung was one of several residency-level authorities in Sumatra that issued their own emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution — a period when the nascent Republic struggled to maintain any standardized monetary supply against Dutch military pressure. These residency notes filled a genuine void left by the collapse of colonial financial infrastructure after 1945.
The P#S387 is among the more obscure entries in the Sumatran emergency series. Documentation on print runs, issuing dates within the 1948 window, and surviving populations remains thin. Forgeries of Sumatran revolutionary-period notes were not uncommon even at the time of issue.